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Plans to develop a railroad museum at the historic Amarillo, Texas, Santa Fe Building are gathering steam.

If you want to take Amtrak on the weekend, get ready to reserve a seat.

What used to be a visual eyesore for residents passing through Tomah, Wisconsin, is getting some attention.

In this season of stumping and touring, SEPTA is aggressively campaigning at its rail stations against a tiny but formidable opponent.

During a workshop session Monday night, Whitefish city council voted unanimously to begin annexation proceedings on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) land that divides the city proper into two parts.

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) have signed a three-year, corridor project agreement to improve safety at 75 public, at-grade crossings over approximately 100 miles of track in Missouri.

Beginning Nov. 1, 2004, Amtrak will require reservations on its weekend Regional trains operating on the Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C. and Newport News, Va.

A Norfolk Southern train traveling through Early County, Georgia, derailed right next to a crossing on Highway 62 about 02:00 Thursday morning.

Bad news for "Polar Express" fans eager to climb aboard the real deal -- plans for the steam engine's visit to Grand Rapids have been derailed.

An environmental activist let it be known Wednesday that opponents to the New Bedford-Fall River commuter rail project will be heard and represented on the resurrected Southeastern Massachusetts Commuter Rail Task Force.

The Indiana & Ohio and the Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Eastern Railroads are helping spur economic development in and around Lima, Ohio, a top U.S. Transportation official said Thursday.

Union Pacific Corporation reported 2004 third quarter income from continuing operations of $202 million or $.77 per diluted share.

A white powder spilling from a Union Pacific train near Palo Alto College temporarily shut down part of a street Wednesday morning but caused few problems.

People living near a Canadian National rail yard in Levis, south of Quebec City, are suing the train company for making too much noise.

The United States and railroad companies have agreed on voluntary measures by the companies to address terrorism-vulnerability concerns posed by shipments of chlorine and other toxic materials through the nation's capital, activist groups said Tuesday.

City leaders believe the first trains of the commuter rail project between Nashville and Lebanon could start rolling before the end of 2005 as they promoted the station

It's been decades since diesel fuel was discovered under downtown Mandan, and two years since a suit was filed against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for allegedly putting it there.

The federal Surface Transportation Board has agreed to allow Canadian National Railway to abandon a 37-mile rail line between Saukville and Kiel, saying the financial harm the railroad would incur by keeping the line outweighs any economic damage to local shippers and their communities. State officials said Tuesday, however, that they will do what they can to make sure rail service is not only preserved but expanded in the area.

The Scottsbluff City Council decided last night to pursue litigation against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad concerning the November 2000 derailment.

Norfolk Southern Corporation said it is pleased that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) voted to uphold the Company's rates on certain coal movements in the two pending rate cases brought by Duke Energy Corp. and Carolina Power & Light Company.

A federal appeals court has upheld multi- (m) million dollar jury award for a former railroad worker injured in Cedar Rapids.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. has lowered rates for wheat shipments by simplifying its rate structure.

The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad in Maine is helping to spur economic development in New England, a top U.S. Transportation official said today.

For the third-quarter of 2004, Norfolk Southern Corporation reported record revenues of $1.9 billion, up 16 percent compared with the same period last year, and record third-quarter income from railway operations of $469 million, up 51 percent compared with the third-quarter in 2003.

An Amtrak crew dorm car on the Lake Shore Limited train caught on fire as it passed through Ottawa County, Ohio, early Tuesday morning.

An ongoing labor dispute between the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad and its union could be inching closer toward a strike.

The Lackawanna Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. is following through on its threat to remove its rail lines from Carbon County property, beginning Nov. 22.

The old, wooden railroad bridge over the western channel between Nippersink and Pistakee lakes has a hazardous reputation among boaters.

This summer's hurricane season caused lots of destruction and property loss in central Virginia.

A Jackson County, Mississippi, Circuit Court jury ruled in favor of CSX Transportation on Friday afternoon in a suit filed by a motorist who was injured at the Hospital Road crossing on Feb. 6, 2003, when her vehicle got stuck and was hit by a train.